Weekly Log 2/18 - 2/24

Wednesday 2/19 - 15 min outside of class preparing for test (meter worksheet)
Thursday 2/20 - 60 min preparing for test outside of class (studying terms)

Friday, 2/21 - 30  min revising draft, outside of class
Sunday, 2/23 - 60 min preparing for test outside of class (study guide)

Total- 165 min.

Weekly Log 2/11- 2/17

Freak Show
by James St. James

Tuesday, 2/11 - 10 min FS in class p128-138
Wednesday, 2/12 - 10 min FS in class p139-150

Friday, 2/14- 10 min FS in class p150-162
Saturday, 2/15- 60 min FS outside of class p162-205
Sunday, 2/16- 90 min FS outside of class 206-298

Total- 180 min.
- 170 pages

Analyzing "Beautiful"

The song "Beautiful" by Christina Aguilera is filled with many poetic devices. Christina Aguilera uses cacophony in every other line to create a harsh affect. She sings "Then suddenly it's hard to breathe […] From all the pain, I'm so ashamed. In the same lyrics she also uses sibilance in suddenly, and ashamed. Beautiful contains assonance with many different vowel sounds including the ō sound in the line "So consumed in all your doom" The verse "We are beautiful no matter what they say [..] We are beautiful in every single way […] So don't you bring me down today", is an example of an end rhyme. Beautiful is full of repetition on phrases like "bring me down", "No matter what we", "are beautiful" and others. 

Poetic devices are used throughout the song to generate a deeper and more significant meaning. Christina Aguilera uses cacophony in every other line for a harsh affect that emphasizes the hurt that Aguilera feels from others' opinions and words. She uses assonance to express the good when people come back stronger and conquer their enemies. This assonance in the song "Beautiful" paints this art of the words being beautiful which lead to the songs meaning. Repetition is used Aguilera to emphasize the theme that everyone is beautiful if they believe in themselves. Aguilera uses enjambments in the beginning of the song to create a serious, hesitant voice. Overall "Beautiful" is a powerful and passionate song that is supported by optic devices. 

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/christinaaguilera/beautiful.html

Memories of the Way You Lied

I remember the way you lied

To protect me

To comfort me

You lied

When I was a kid

When I was young and dumb

When most were still sucking their thumbs

When there was a rat

But no cat.

When I cherished over crisp cherry turnover

Fresh from the toaster

When we sat on the table,

With our feet hanging down.

With our horrified expressions

When we spotted red eyes

That was really a lie.

All the blemishes down the toilet

Maybe you should have let it go.

Let our imagination run wild,

And our fantasies become reality.

Hilighted - Assonance
Colored- End Rhyme
Underlined- Alliternation
Repetition of When, I, To, With, a
Italics- Cacophony

Weekly Log 2/4- 2/10

Freak Show 

by James St. James

Tuesday, 2/4 - 10 min FS in class
Wednesday, 2/5 - 120 min: 4 ATD posts

Saturday, 2/8- 60 min: 4 ATD Responses

Total- 190 min.

Research Paper Draft

Over the snow days I worked on my research paper. My research paper was decent overall. I feel confident of my introduction and I did a good job of using all the points I put in my thesis in the body of the paper. The easiest part of the paper was writing the introduction because I already had my thesis done. Placing all the information down on the paper and organizing the paragraphs was also fairly easy because I already had the sections mapped out on my detailed outline.

The hardest part about writing my draft was the length requirement. Once I had placed all my important information in my paper I still had two more pages to write. I discussed my topic with one of my friends and she suggest to look up how the one-child policy affects kids' personalities. I found a lot of information about how it affects personalities and added that to my research paper draft. I am unsure if i cited correctly with the commas and periods on a few of my sources. I tried looking over the powerpoint on quoting but i couldn't find the quoting rules that I was looking for, even though I remember talking about them. I'm concerned with my conclusion and if I connected the paragraphs together and related them back to the thesis without being extremely repetitive. I would like help changing the fluency between paragraphs and the punctuation of my citing portion of my paraphrases and quotes. When Dr. D reads my draft I would like her to focus her feedback on how the my paragraphs connect to the thesis and each other. 

Sneaux Week

Well it turns out that this time, real school might have been easier than virtual school. I know that everyone is thinking that they would rather not go to school and have virtual school than have real school, but I think that virtual school is harder that actual school. For one thing at school it is easier to focus and you are forced to pay attention, learn and do work. While at home, you are free to do whatever and no one tells your to do your work so you blow it off. Next thing you know, school is the next day and you haven't done any of the emergency assignments. 

A negative about virtual school was that it was too cool outside and I was stuck inside the house the entire day.There are also many positive things about virtual school. For starters, you can sleep in as late as you want, and watch TV. I just have to learn to balance the assignments and still have fun. If we had virtual school again, I would try to get more on top of my assignments and complete them before I have fun. Though if we really had virtual school again, I would probably end up cramming all my work in the day before we come back to school. 

Weekly Log 1/28-2/3

1/28- 20 min - video

45 min. - review peer comments and detailed outline

25 min. - start 2 paragraphs of draft

1/29- 20 min- Norton paper

60 min.- on 1 full page of draft

1/30

90 min.- 1 1/2 pages of draft

2/2
30 min. - finding new sources

90 min.- finishing body of draft

30 min.- working on introduction and conclusion

2/3 

Freak Show by James St. James

10 min.- pgs.56-65

Editing Draft

30 min.

Total- 490 min.